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BANVILLE, John
- Booker Prize 2005
2005 Hardback, John Banville
"THE SEA", Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2005. Signed to title
page. Mint condition, has an affixed sticker from Ottakar's stating
"Signed Copy" on the front cover; this can be easily removed.
264 pages. Approximately 9" x 5 1/2". |
£30 |
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BLYTON, Enid
Mary (1897-1968)
English children's writer
Hardback Edition of 'Let's Get Garden', First publication of edition by
Latimer House Ltd, London, 1948, bearing a signed bookplate by Blyton,
affixed to flyleaf, featuring her portrait. |
SOLD |
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CHADWICK Lynn
- British Sculptor
Signed and dedicated 'for
Dominic Howard' and dated 12.10.97. The Crouching Beast II is the Chelsea
Harbour sculpture '93. This is a charity card from the Royal Society of
British Sculptors. Approximately 5" x 7". |
£30 |
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CHRISTIE Agatha - English Writer
(1890-1976)
A good ALS, two pages, 23rd Feb n.y., to Mr. Page, stating that she is
pleased he enjoys her books and continuing "Appointment With
Death is very American in style and The Big Day was really short stories
welded together at a time when I was in bad health and not able to do good
work", Christie adds that she hopes her correspondent will enjoy
"The Body In The Library when it comes out in the spring" and
concludes "You are unfair (?) to female detective writers - Margery
Allingham, Dorothy Sayers and Ngaio Marsh all write well", some light
overall creasing. |
£800 |
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COWARD, Sir Noel
Peirce - English Actor, playwright and composer (1899-1973)
Opera House Manchester Program for 'Words & Music" signed in
pencil on the front. Horizontal fold and extensive folds throughout. |
£45 |
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DALI Salvador
(1904-1989)
Spanish Artist
1942 1st Edition, 400 pages, many photographs and a huge flamboyant
Salvador Dali signature with a sketch of a leaf, covering the title page.
This rare book is in fine condition,
there are 2 'loose' blank pages at the beginning. A large 10" x
8" binding.
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DICKENS, Charles
John Huffam - (1812-1870)
English Writer
Cheque completed and signed in favour of Mr Holt for £8 6s, drawn on
Coutts & Co, London, 19 November 1861. |
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DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan -
(1859-1930)
Scottish Writer of detectives stories and historical romances, creator of
Sherlock Holmes
Autograph Letter Signed 'A. Conan Doyle', addressed
'Dear Sir', agreeing to meet, and discussing spiritualist experiences,
'the most important thing in life' and explaining what these spirits are
like: 'As I visualise it you have a crowd at the further end of your
telephone some serious, some half serious, some joking. They differ about
these matters exactly as we do & when you mix with it with no high
intent, you come into contact with the less responsible beings. That is
the alternative to the Unconscious pressure theory.' 2 pp. 7 x 5 inches,
in good condition. 15 Buckingham Palace Mansions, S.W.1, 1 November. Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), author of The Adventures of Sherlock
Holmes, was also a well known writer on Spiritualism, to which he became a
convert in later life. In this letter he responds to his correspondent's
account of an unexplained experience. 'Your experience is interesting. But
a coin may easily be moved by unconscious pressure & your wife
presumably knew all these details. Had the two ladies been securely
blindfolded it would have improved the case.' Conan Doyle published his
History of Spiritualism in 1926. |
£1,250 |
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DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan -
(1859-1930)
Scottish Writer of detectives stories and historical romances, creator of
Sherlock Holmes
Conan Doyle's visiting card (with the address of Windlesham and the
Athenaeum Club), with an autograph note signed with initials on the
reverse. 'Very sorry you should be bothered. I am ill so excuse card. /ACD.' |
£365 |
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GAIMAN, Neil
1st Edition - Limited Edition slipcased "Anansi Boys" signed in
black by Neil Gaiman.
Limited Edition of 1500 worldwide, in
absolutely mint condition. Published by Review an imprint of Hodder
Headline in 2005. |
£65
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GILBERT &
GEORGE
Signed limited edition poster for Gilbert & George's exhibition at the
Tate Modern in London. Professionally framed and glazed. Approximately
80cm x 50cm. This is one of a set of 5 signed posters (Life, Death, Fates,
Ishmael A, Ishmael B). The others are also available, please
enquire. For mail order this item will be taken out of its frame. |
£95 |
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GORMLEY Antony
- British Sculptor
Dated 15.8.99, signed and
inscribed to reverse "With Best Wishes to Damien!" Antony.
"Patients' tale (test tube baby) reproduced from a Millenium stamp
designed by Gormley and issued by Royal Mail on 2nd March 1999".
Approx. 5" x 7". |
£35 |
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'GREY OWL' [Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin].
'The adventures of Sajo and her Beaver people', hard back copy from Lovat,
Dickson & Thompson ltd- (London). 4th impression November 1935. Boldly
signed by the Englishman to title page.! |
£165 |
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HIGSON
Charlie
First Edition, first impression of "Silverfin", the first in a
series of James Bond fully authorised prequels. Signed "Charlie
Higson" to the title page. Published by Puffin books 2005. Also
included is the original promotional badge.
(Has
the printing error present on the fep, stating that the next 'Young Bond'
adventure is due in October 2005 instead of January 2006 as corrected in
subsequent printings). |
£50 |
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HOCKNEY David - (1937-)
English Artist
Signed 11 x 15 book photograph of Hockney standing behind a framed
portrait. Boldly signed in blue ink. Professionally framed and glazed. |
£160 |
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P. D. JAMES
"A Certain Justice", London, Faber & Faber, 1997. First
Edition and first impression with No 1 on the copyright page. Signed by
the author on the title page. Fine in fine dustwrapper. |
£38 |
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KING Stephen,
Writer (1947-)
Signed Hardback copy of Stephen King's "Lisey's Story", Signed
on a specially made "Lisey's Story" bookplate. |
£70 |
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MAGRITTE René - Belgian Painter
(1898-1967)
Autographed letter (1961) on his letterhead regarding André Bosmans'
presentation of his new work, 'The Ear of Knowledge' |
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MURDOCH, Dame Iris -
(1919-1999) - Novelist
Autograph letter signed, 30 Charlbury Road, Oxford, 18 September (n.y.).
Sending two pages of manuscript (no longer included), and wishing her well
with her thesis. |
£120 |
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PICASSO Pablo - (1881-1973)
Spanish Painter, the dominating figure of early 20th-century French art
and a pioneer of Cubism.
Pablo Picasso, signed folio volume entitled Peintures 1939-1946, published
by Les Editions du Chene, Paris, 1949, signed by Picasso with a large
signature (surname only) to title page. Volume features 16 different
coloured reproductions of Picasso's paintings. |
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STEVENSON,
Robert Louis (Balfour) - (1850-1894)
Scottish Writer
Autograph cheque signed in full, made out to John Cruickshank for £5, 20
June 1887. The cheque is drawn on the Bournemouth branch of Wilts &
Dorset Banking Company Limited. The signature, as usual, is cancelled with
a single pen-stroke. |
£600 |
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STOKER Bram Irish
Novelist, author of Dracula (1847-1912)
A. L. S. Bram Stoker 2 pages London 14th May 1892, to 'My dear Sir' (W.
Barrington d'Alinseida) on the blind embossed stationery of the Lyceum
Theatre. Stoker writes on behalf of Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905, English
Actor and Theatre Manager who employed Stoker as his secretary from 1878)
to express the actor's regret that 'he had not an earlier opportunity of
your play being considered. He fears that it would not in any case be
possible for him to accept it...' A rare and desirable autograph. |
£540 |
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TENNYSON Lord Alfred - English
Poet (1809-1892)
Cheque signed (the text in Emily's hand) typically crossed by the bank.
Framed & glazed with a book plate print of Tennyson from Tennyson's
birthday book. |
£250 |
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WAIN, Louis
(1860-1939)
Artist, famous for his drawings of cats.
Autograph letter signed, discussing in detail
"the drink question", suggesting that the moderate climate in
England and the fact that we are "meat-eaters" mean that
"the britisher can take more alcohol without immediately feeling its
effects than say an american". "The days of New York heat and
zero cold would kill off all our habitual alcoholists, but as we are not
favoured with this drastic remedy the next best thing is to take the
opportunity of pulling them up by stopping their chance of
drinking".
41 Brondesbury Road, 10 August 1918.
2pp., closely written, 7" x 4 1/2", in good condition, traces of
former mounting, small tear and thin at centre fold. |
£600 |
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WINSTON,
Graham
1st Edition Hardback book 1967,
Winston Graham "THE WALKING STICK" signed and inscribed to title
page "To Tony and Jackie, With Best Wishes, Winston Graham, November
1991". Printed in Great Britain by Collins, with original dust jacket
(small nick at the top - see photo). 318 pages. Approximately 8"
x 6". |
£20 |
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WELLS H. G. (1866-1946)
English Novelist
ALS One page Spade House Sandgate 1905. Concerning a U.S. Copyright or
lack of it. I found this one difficult to photograph, as it is framed
& glazed. It is slightly faded, and rates about 7/10! |
£240 |
